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As the nest had evidently been deserted some time I knew of no 

 way of positively identifying them, but I believe them to be 

 lecontei^ especially as they tally well with Mr. Holterhoff^'s 

 description of the nest and eggs of H. lecontei, taken by him at 

 Flowing Well, farther east on this same desert. The nest was 

 built among the branches of the cholla, nearly in the centre of its 

 mass. From its situation it took an oblong shape. It measured 

 3I inches inside in diameter by 2J inches in depth. Outside it 

 was about 8 X 12 inches. The eggs were bedded in fine sand 

 that had been blown in by the fierce desert winds, and over them 

 lay several twigs similar to those of the outer part of the nest, 

 and were probably once a part of it. The nest may have been 

 abandoned some weeks, as the contents of the eggs were some- 

 what decomposed but not dried. One contained an embryo of 

 considerable size. 



I have given my experience with the Leconte's Thrashers with 

 much detail ; perhaps too much ; but I desired to give as good 

 an idea as I could of the little known habits of this rare bird. 

 It is probable that in this locality the species is at least as abun- 

 dant as in any other the species frequents. 



The species must have a very long breeding season, as the 

 findino- of a young bird already out of the nest in March, added 

 to the date of Mr. Holterhoft^'s set, which was in July, if my 

 memory serves me right, makes at least five months' range of 

 nesting. Coupling the long breeding season with the rarity and 

 wariness of the birds, makes the chances for finding eggs of this 

 species exceedingly small ; so few collectors are likely to ever 

 include eo-o-s of Harporhynchus lecontei in their collections. 



My note book contains a list of about fifty species noted on this 

 desert during the four days mentioned. The migration was at 

 least a week farther advanced than on the coast side of mountains. 



ANALECTA ORNITHOLOGICA. 



Third Series. 



BY LEONHAKD STEJNEGER. 



XI. Notes on Arctic Lari. 



Mr. E. W. Nelson, in his 'Birds of Bering Sea,' p. 106, ad- 

 vances the opinion that Rissa brevirostris "undoubtedly occurs 

 about the shores of Okhotsk Sea." I have been unable to find 



